Abie, left, and Mallory, center, gave the “paws up” to plans for building a dog park on city-owned property in Toledo. The pair of pooches are the fuzzy children of City Manager Michelle Amberg and husband, Don, seen here learning to sit along with the doggy duo. (Photo by Terry Dillman)

Toledo to create space for pups on city-owned land



Toledo is going to the dogs, or rather for the dogs.

With representatives of the city’s canine constituency present, Toledo City Council members unanimously approved a motion authorizing staff to complete necessary improvements to develop a “bark park” on a four-acre parcel of city-owned land in the 500 block of East Slope Road.

The canine contingent featured six-month-old Milly, who belongs to Public Works Director Adam Denlinger and his wife, Teresa, and Abie (age 3-1/2) and Mallory (age 1-1/2), the fuzzy children of City Manager Michelle Amberg and her husband, Don, who is director of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce. The canines all sported signs urging a yes vote to establish the dog park, and they waited patiently as Denlinger outlined the plans prior to the council’s decision.

Council members had already approved $5,000 in the city budget to develop and build an off-leash dog park, which Denlinger said is “an accepted form of recreation in many communities” nationwide. They have, he added, become “an overwhelming success.”

For the complete article see the 07-23-2010 issue.

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